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Externality causes Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Financial market is a Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Information asymmetry causes Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Institutions constrains Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Market failure requires Regulation. Activate to inspect this relation.Market failure applies to Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Nash equilibrium is part of Game theory. Activate to inspect this relation.Perfect competition applies to Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Price is part of Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Prisoner's dilemma applies to Nash equilibrium. Activate to inspect this relation.Prisoner's dilemma contradicts Pareto efficiency. Activate to inspect this relation.Prisoner's dilemma is a Game (game theory). Activate to inspect this relation.Prisoner's dilemma is part of Game theory. Activate to inspect this relation.Property Rights enables Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Public choice theory applies to Game theory. Activate to inspect this relation.Public good causes Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Public Goods causes Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Rent-seeking causes Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Rent-seeking depends on Power. Activate to inspect this relation.Rent-seeking emerges from Public choice theory. Activate to inspect this relation.Trade is part of Market. Activate to inspect this relation.Tragedy of the commons is analogous to Prisoner's dilemma. Activate to inspect this relation.Tragedy of the commons is a Market failure. Activate to inspect this relation.Tragedy of the commonsMarket failurePrisoner's dilemmaRegulationPublic GoodsRent-seekingMarketExternalityInformation asymmetryPublic goodGame theoryNash equilibriumPareto efficiencyGame (game theory)PowerPublic choice theoryFinancial marketTradeInstitutionsProperty RightsPerfect competitionPrice
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100 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Accounting, Actuarial Science, Agriculture, Algebra….

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22 concepts23 relationships11 disciplines6 relation families

Tragedy of the commons

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At a glance

The tragedy of the commons is the idea that when a resource is shared and can benefit the individual at a cost to the community, it is rational for the individual to overuse the resource, even though this collectively leads to the depletion of the resource…

Disciplines
Economics
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Game Theory, Political Economy
Relationships
2 · 2 relation families
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Bridge concepts (116)

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  • Feedback3
    Biology, Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Systems Biology, Systems Science · connects to Balancing loop, Reinforcing loop, Resilience
  • Climate2
    Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science, Geography, Meteorology, Physics · connects to Agriculture, Seasonality
  • Dominant strategy2
    Game Theory, Mathematics · connects to Game theory, Nash equilibrium
  • Environmental valuation2
    Ecological Economics · connects to Externality, Natural capital
  • Epidemic spread2
    Epidemiology, Network Science, Public Health · connects to Exponential growth, Risk

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Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 11 disciplines: Ecological Economics, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Game Theory, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Public Administration.
  • Externality is a bridge concept — viewed here through Ecological Economics, Economics.
  • The connections here span 6 relation families.
  • Networks explains 3 concepts in this view (Economics, Finance, Political Economy).

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ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

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Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

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One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

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